When evergreen swags, red bows, and pinecones begin to adorn the split rail fences, you know Christmas has arrived in the Historic Nauvoo flats. The live greenery is a beautiful festive touch enhancing already beautiful scenery. Add a bounty of snow on top of it all and “peace on earth” becomes more than lyrics in…
Roads cleared a little the day after our sleigh ride so we ventured out of Nauvoo and headed down “The Great River Road” that runs alongside the Mississippi. Everything was still covered in snow, including the Mississippi River…..and it really does freeze solid. Underneath the snow was at least 24” of solid ice. Tom headed…
Quiet winter days in Historic Nauvoo look a little like this…… Made a quick trip to get the mail and decided to head down to the flats to get a few photographs of the lightly falling snow. It was just beginning to cover everything with a fresh coat of winter white. Looks like more is…
